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Article: Poverty level down, says Rajitha
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- November 13, 2008
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Colombo, Nov. 13 -- The poverty level of Sri Lanka had dropped from 22.7 percent in 2002 to 15.2 percent in 2006-2007 according to a document tabled in Parliament by Construction and Engineering Services Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne this week.
There had been a marked drop in the rural poverty level from 24.9 percent in 2002 to 15.7 percent in 2006-2007 while it had declined from 7.9 percent to 6.7 percent during the same period in the urban sector.
However, the situation had taken a turn for the worse in the estate sector where poverty had increased from 30 percent to 32 percent.
In 1990-1991, the overall poverty level had ...